- US policy on the Horn of Africa under Obama

US policy on the Horn of Africa under Obama

Sudan Tribune - Nov 22, 2008 - With direct impact on US-Ethiopian relations, one personality to keep watching is a former congressional librarian and a Donald Payne assistant named Ted Dange, an Ethiopian-American married to a Somali-American, with a special affinity towards ONLF. Ted Dange is being sponsored by his close friends Donald Payne and Susan Rice for some post in the Obama's State Department African Affairs camp. Ted Dange's handlers are working hard to make sure that he is on a list of not only for a job at the State Department but also at several other agencies dealing with African policy. Some sources close to him say that he is no more interested in the African politics but rather in the trade and commerce aspect of Africa. Read More.